SocialStudies

Social Studies Integration: Dec 3 and 5, 2009, Challenger Learning Center
Thurs, Dec 3, 4:30-7:30 p.m., dinner will be served Sat, Dec 5, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be served

As we continue in the second year of the project, we will be working to integrate our understanding and learning about the Earth/Climate System and how it's changing into other subject areas of the curriculum. This month we will be working with colleagues teaching social studies/history to look at some of the social implications of climate change, considerations for sustainable planning, and differences between the scientific evidence of change and the effects of change. Guest speaker: Suzanne Pude from the Island Institute, Director of the Maine Community Wind Program @http://www.islandinstitute.org/communitywind.php

Link to report from Yale and George Mason Universities survey project: "Climate Change in the American Mind" @http://www.climatechangecommunication.org/images/files/Climate_Change_in_the_American_Mind.pdf Link to more reports and links from the same project: @http://www.climatechangecommunication.org

Links to CSI Activity Materials for Thu evening Stations
These are edited versions of the original downloadable documents, prepared for you to use at the stations. They are all excerpts from the Climate Status Investigations High School Curriculum (2 of 3 exist in MS curr. also). Directions are also provided. Please make a copy of the document and rename with your group names or download a copy to your computer so we're not each editing on top of others' work. This is not necessarily the most efficient means of linking to a document, but it's fun to play with technology. You do not need to have a google account or login to google docs to view or edit these particular docs. They are open to everyone. Google Docs folder of all 3 activities
 * Identifying the 3E's and Writing Criteria
 *  Eating Up Energy
 *  If-Then

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